Holiday commercials

[mbcdefg]

Anyone seen any they like this year? 

I just saw this one as the commercial before a YouTube video I was trying to play and it made me smile:




I really loved the Amazon commercial from last year with the priest and the imam so I'm eager to see what they do this year. 

[juliej]

Nov 29, 2017 15:12:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

I just saw this one as the commercial before a YouTube video I was trying to play and it made me smile:

We saw that Macy's one for the first time last night, and my husband blurted out, "Damn, Mom's got moves!"

[sushi]

I've actually been wanting to discuss commercials. Lol. But bad ones. Scrooge ahead

Like who thought it was a good idea to have someone tone deaf caterwauling in a bath tub? If I lunge for mute, you've made a terrible commercial.

I don't want to listen to squeaky toys vaguely resembling jingle bells, either.

Not holiday, but if your ad for ca insurance shows people doing stupid dangerous shit as a reason for coverage, does that really drive the point home? I'm never going to climb 2 stories on an unsecured ladder with tangle lights.

There's a car commercial that makes me want to avoid that car, but I can't remember which. So many cars this time of year.

[UMaineTeach]

Nov 29, 2017 15:12:24 GMT -5 mbcdefg said:

Anyone seen any they like this year? 

I just saw this one as the commercial before a YouTube video I was trying to play and it made me smile:




I really loved the Amazon commercial from last year with the priest and the imam so I'm eager to see what they do this year. 

I have never seen a Macy’s commercial that wasn’t people holding bags, jumping across a white background with black and red letters advertising this week’s Saturday one day sale, with the intense narrator and music.

If they did more ads like this, like Walmart does even, they might not have to close stores. When Walmart looks like a more attractive place to shop than Macy’s, that’s s problem.

[mcsangel2]

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

[frlcb]

The UK has the best ones. All the John Lewis ones are great, but all the stores go all out. Here is an article that links to a lot of them, the aldi one is funny - www.telegraph.co.uk/business/0/retailers-launch-2017-christmas-adverts-asdas-first-air/

I could watch the John Lewis ones from every year over and over again. But this one from a different store from last year or the year before is worth watching, it’s so cute - www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11991433/Watch-Sainsburys-Christmas-advert-revives-Mog-the-cat.html

[mbcdefg]

Nov 29, 2017 19:42:53 GMT -5 sushi said:

I've actually been wanting to discuss commercials. Lol. But bad ones. Scrooge ahead

I hate the one with the soccer player who gets locked out of his hotel room in his undies, and the maid takes his picture and circulates it around the world. Imagine the outrage if that was a woman?

[mbcdefg]

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

Haven’t seen this one yet, but this is the one that always makes me say “hey it’s Christmas time.” And also freaks me the fuck out. (Local to NYC/NJ market obviously.)

youtu.be/kGb840Qyhhk

[msmerymac]

I can’t help it - I love the NFL ugly sweater one with the dog with the chiefs jersey.

[just]

(ETA: Ooops frlcb see that you did a UK shout out!) So the UK has the best Christmas ads, but ...

M&S has a Paddington Bear ad this year that I (and a number of twitter people including Roddy Doyle) swear has the phrase "Fuck you, little bear". Nothing will convince me he's saying "Thank you, Little Bear"



(watch the whole thing, but 1:10 is where the contentious line is)

[Champagne Supernova]

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

This is my most favourite one ever. It reminds me of my childhood and I love that they remastered it, LOL. They were showing the old blurry one like, two years ago. 

[pumpkin]

Nov 29, 2017 23:14:28 GMT -5 just said:

(ETA: Ooops frlcb see that you did a UK shout out!) So the UK has the best Christmas ads, but ...

M&S has a Paddington Bear ad this year that I (and a number of twitter people including Roddy Doyle) swear has the phrase "Fuck you, little bear". Nothing will convince me he's saying "Thank you, Little Bear"



(watch the whole thing, but 1:10 is where the contentious line is)

Ok this is weird and it's almost like the 1st part of that sentence is dubbed over or something.

[mrsukyankee]

Nov 30, 2017 3:36:17 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Nov 29, 2017 23:14:28 GMT -5 just said:

(ETA: Ooops frlcb see that you did a UK shout out!) So the UK has the best Christmas ads, but ...

M&S has a Paddington Bear ad this year that I (and a number of twitter people including Roddy Doyle) swear has the phrase "Fuck you, little bear". Nothing will convince me he's saying "Thank you, Little Bear"



(watch the whole thing, but 1:10 is where the contentious line is)

Ok this is weird and it's almost like the 1st part of that sentence is dubbed over or something.

It definitely was - the original is thank you.  Not the same voice.  Someone is fucking with the original commercial.

[frlcb]

Nov 30, 2017 3:43:34 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Nov 30, 2017 3:36:17 GMT -5 pumpkin said:

Ok this is weird and it's almost like the 1st part of that sentence is dubbed over or something.

It definitely was - the original is thank you.  Not the same voice.  Someone is fucking with the original commercial.

Yeah, that is not the commercial, someone changed it (that line at least)

[minzy]

A classic is the Eat'n'Park Christmas star commercial -
m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3NhDtfZmd0

[just]

Nov 30, 2017 6:19:44 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Nov 30, 2017 3:43:34 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

It definitely was - the original is thank you.  Not the same voice.  Someone is fucking with the original commercial.

Yeah, that is not the commercial, someone changed it (that line at least)

It’s from the official M&S YouTube channel though, right? I made sure when I was linking it.

[frlcb]

Nov 30, 2017 8:35:40 GMT -5 just said:

Nov 30, 2017 6:19:44 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Yeah, that is not the commercial, someone changed it (that line at least)

It’s from the official M&S YouTube channel though, right? I made sure when I was linking it.

I don’t know, it’s weird, we’ve watched that one a bunch of times because my kids love Paddington and I’ve never heard it that way before

[just]

Nov 30, 2017 8:41:06 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Nov 30, 2017 8:35:40 GMT -5 just said:

It’s from the official M&S YouTube channel though, right? I made sure when I was linking it.

I don’t know, it’s weird, we’ve watched that one a bunch of times because my kids love Paddington and I’ve never heard it that way before

So I was obviously skeptical but here it is on the M&S official YouTube channel. m.youtube.com/channel/UCi86xSII1cJOOwOtiefntRw

I first watched it there a couple of weeks ago so it’s not like it’s a rogue social media person slipped it up there.

[mrsukyankee]

I just listened to the one on the M&S Youtube site and it sounded much more like thank you than fuck you. Interesting. Don't go to the actual youtube site as the comments are horrific and very racist.

[VillainV]

The John Lewis ads are always my favorites!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw1Y-zhQURU

[mbcdefg]

Nov 30, 2017 9:01:25 GMT -5 VillainV said:

The John Lewis ads are always my favorites!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw1Y-zhQURU

Before I clicked the link I was like, "A Congressman puts out holiday commercials?" lol

[meshaliuknits]

Nov 29, 2017 23:32:53 GMT -5 Champagne Supernova said:

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

This is my most favourite one ever. It reminds me of my childhood and I love that they remastered it, LOL. They were showing the old blurry one like, two years ago. 

I love that they decided they reached Christmas perfection sometime in the 80s or whatever.

[mcsangel2]

Nov 30, 2017 14:32:56 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Nov 29, 2017 23:32:53 GMT -5 Champagne Supernova said:

This is my most favourite one ever. It reminds me of my childhood and I love that they remastered it, LOL. They were showing the old blurry one like, two years ago. 

I love that they decided they reached Christmas perfection sometime in the 80s or whatever.

I just looked it up. 1989!

[glitzy07]

M&Ms just released a new "sequel" to their commercial from the 90's where Santa and Red faint.

people.com/food/mms-christmas-commercial-sequel/

[wise_rita]

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

PLEASE tell me the Folgers commercial featuring Peter coming home and surprising his family is still on.

It looks like it was filmed on a potato but it's my favourite.

[mcsangel2]

Dec 1, 2017 9:23:56 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

PLEASE tell me the Folgers commercial featuring Peter coming home and surprising his family is still on.

It looks like it was filmed on a potato but it's my favourite.

A potato?? what?? lol

They do show that one still, I don't know if it's every year, but it seems  like it.

ETA: And the Campbell's soup one where the snowman melts into a kid.

[wise_rita]

Dec 1, 2017 9:35:29 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

Dec 1, 2017 9:23:56 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

PLEASE tell me the Folgers commercial featuring Peter coming home and surprising his family is still on.

It looks like it was filmed on a potato but it's my favourite.

A potato?? what?? lol

Super duper low quality.

[Mrs.flang]

I'm not sure how to embed so I hope this works, but I saw this NY lottery one this morning and thought it was so cute. 

[SwimDeep]

I love this thread...well, the holiday cheer parts of this thread

[pinkyp]

Dec 1, 2017 9:23:56 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

Nov 29, 2017 19:56:04 GMT -5 mcsangel2 said:

I saw the classic Hershey's kisses (We Wish You A Merry Christmas on handbells) commercial this morning. It's my favorite. Christmas is here!

PLEASE tell me the Folgers commercial featuring Peter coming home and surprising his family is still on.

It looks like it was filmed on a potato but it's my favourite.

I love that one! Pure nostalgia. Also McDonald's 80s Christmas commercials and the Stetson cologne one with the guy on horseback.